Which Version is Best? Multichannel Shootout! Rhino Blu

Both Pure Audio Blu-ray and SACD are capable of excellent audio quality (possibly including multi-channel), and feature simple “screenless” navigation.

SACD would have the advantage as it is DSD the Bluray may offer high bit rate PCM but not all offer uncompressed files.

After listening to both, there is no doubt in my mind that SACD is smoother than Blu ray audio (and probably dvd-audio). The SACD sounded smoother.

SACDs are easier. With Blu Ray Audio discs, they often have a few audio options so I have to put the TV on to be able to navigate them.

Compared with SACD, which uses DSD64 encoding, Blu-ray is able to support many more different formats, with resolutions up to 192 kHz, which ...

The big thing with Blu Ray is that you don't need a special player. I can't think of a benefit that SACD or DVDA has over Blu Ray.

DVD-Audio & Blu-ray Audio only use PCM whereas SACD uses DSD which has shown to produce a better sound, does this mean that those two aren't as ...

BD Pure Audio is basically the same as DVD-A except it's encoded to 96/24. Slight increase in frequency range and they also have a lot more features on the Blu ...

Of the digital realm, I like SACD's and Bluray audio the best. There's just something about a good 5 ch mix ( no '.1' thanks.... :cool: )! That ...

Streaming digital Hi Res audio provides an easy and convenient way to listen to great sounding music, but what about it's physical media ...